510 



MAINE. 



Ship-building and Ship-owning. The following 

 is a comparative summary for the past two 

 years : 



RECAPITULATION. 



The size of the schooners built in 1882 aver- 

 aged 321'14 tons; this year the average has 

 only been 285-22 tons, but the average size of 

 the ships built has increased from 1,775*87 tons 

 in 1882 to 2,019*38 tons this year. 



The following table shows the tonnage of 

 the vessels owned in the several districts, as 

 well as the number of fishermen : 



Of the vessels owned, 102 are steamers with 

 an aggregate tonnage of 17,369, and valued at 

 $1,696,645. The total number of men engaged 

 in navigation is 12,868, whose average monthly 

 wages amount to $26. The average wages in 

 the Waldoboro' district rises as high as $60, 

 and in the Machias district the average is $32. 

 In the Castine, Kennebunk, Passamaquoddy, 

 Portland, and Saco districts the average is $25 ; 

 in the Bath, Belfast, and York districts it is $20, 

 and in the Frenchman's Bay and Wiscasset dis- 

 tricts it is $18. The average monthly wages 

 of those engaged in the fisheries is $32.50 in 

 the Castine district, $50 ; Kennebunk and Wis- 

 casset, $40; Machias, 35; Waldoboro', $38; 



Frenchman's Bay, $26 ; Portland and Saco, 

 $25; York, $16. 



Manufacturing. The following is derived from 

 the report of the Secretary of State : 



The statistics of the cotton-manufacturing in- 

 dustries show that the whole number of mills in 

 the State is 26; number of spindles, 786,182; 

 capital, $12,987.40; amount paid for labor, $3,- 

 608,234; value of materials, $7,660,008; value 

 of goods manufactured, $11 2,783,585 ; value of 

 products, $9,939,389 ; number of hands em- 

 ployed, 14,903. The wages of skilled opera- 

 tors are $1.88 per day for men, and $1.17 for 

 women ; unskilled, $1.05 for men, 86 cents for 

 women. Three mills report increase of ca- 

 pacity during the year. 



In woolen manufacturing there are 63 mills; 

 capital, $4,103,160; value of products, $7,- 

 902,161; value of materials used, $3,526,589; 

 amount paid for labor, $1,420,595 ; hands em- 

 ployed, 5,159; wool used annually, 1,404,853 

 pounds of foreign and 7,551,984 of domestic. 



The total number of ice-houses in the State 

 is 64 ; number of tons cut, 911,500 ; number of 

 tons shipped, 801,410; capital invested, $2,007,- 

 500 ; greatest number of hands employed, 6,530 ; 

 number of teams employed, 578 ; average wages 

 paid, $1.53 a day for men and $2.76 for teams. 



The total number of establishments turning 

 out canned products is 104 ; assessed value, 

 $638,050 ; number of hands, 9,509. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the classification: 



In the granite business there are 44 compa- 

 nies engaged, with an assessed value of property 

 of $533,100; hands employed, 2,543. 



Seventeen companies are in the lime busi- 

 capital, $415,100; hands employed, 822. 



